SurveillanceMedium
Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
- Occurred
- Mar 31, 2026
- Published
- Mar 31, 2026
- Source
- Access Now
Summary
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 313 internet shutdowns in 2025 — the highest number since 2016. The post Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025 appeared first on Access Now.
Tags
- #Internet Shutdowns
- #KeepItOn
- #KIO
- Africa
- blackouts
- Cameroon
- conflict
- cross-border
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- elections
- Exams
- global
- India
- internet blackouts
- internet shutdowns
- Israel
- Myanmar
- Palestine
- Panama
- Protests
- Russia-Ukraine
- shutdowns
- United States
- Venezuela
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Internet shutdowns are a form of digital repression and surveillance control, though not a specific AI incident.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8